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Re: What is the meaning of this phrase?
Hey, Ron. I think Professor Goldsbury has largely answered your question, but let me expand.
Have you ever been doing a basic drill or kihon waza, very low intensity, and you find yourself out-thinking yourself? Maybe you're concentrating on your footwork, or where your arms are going, or the kind of energy your aite is giving you. And the more you try to "fix it", the less it works. But, you're not panicked, excited, or even frustrated, because it's just you and a buddy working out some kihon. In this kind of situation, you would have heijoshin, but not mushin. Your mind/spirit/kokoro/what-have-you is "attached" to something, and it throws your technique off.
On the other hand, perhaps you've experienced panic, or high stress, and your mind just blanks out. Maybe in an early randori, or a big test, or a life-threatening situation. Everything you learned, everything you were telling yourself before this just goes right out the window, and your body moves pretty much on its own, for good or ill. Well, now you've got mushin, but no heijoshin.
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